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Optimizing your Inkscape image |
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In a recent IRC chat Theobroma picked the Inkscape developers brains about
optimizing SVG images within their app. We hope you find these tips
fresh from the devs to be useful.
Vacuum
Defs: Making an object invisible in Inkscape doesn't mean it
is deleted. It's still is in
the document. The same goes for no-longer-used gradients, patterns,
and markers. All these elements remain
for the sake of convienence and can be
reused for new objects. However if you want to optimize your image
before saving it, use the Vacuum Defs command in File menu. It will
remove any gradients,
patterns, or markers which are not used by anything in the
document and will make the final size of the file much smaller.
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 13 July 2005 )
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Vector Icon tips from Inkscape developer Silsor |
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Silsor: The problem with designing vector icons is that unless you
design them just so, the pixel boundaries don't line up quite right
with the vector objects and you get blur.
Theobroma: so how do you "design them just so"? Any suggestions?
Silsor: You set your document to use the "px" unit of measurement, turn
on a pixel grid, and use grid snapping. You also make sure that you
don't use wide strokes, since in SVG graphics, strokes are exactly
centered on the boundary of an object. It's better to either snap the
outer edge of the stroke itself to the grid, or else use an outer
object and an inner object but with no stroke, only fill.
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Last Updated ( Monday, 27 June 2005 )
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Basic Tutorials for SK Theme Creators |
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Themes in SuperKaramba consist of two parts:
1. A .theme file that defines the shape and size of the theme, and possibly many other things.
2. A .py file that adds interactivity to the theme. Basically, whenever
an event happens, such as the user clicking the mouse on your theme, a
function is called in your python script to let you react to the event.
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 07 June 2005 )
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SuperKaramba is, in simple terms, a tool that allows you to easily
create interactive eye-candy on your KDE desktop. Currently, only Linux
is officially supported.
How does it work?
Theme writers create themes, or text files that define their widget.
Then they can optionally add python scripting to make their widget
interactive. The possibilities are endless!
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 07 June 2005 )
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Icons should be recognizable at all levels. |
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 The Symbolic level. A notebook and pencil together are
symbolic for a simple text editor, a notebook and a fountain pen for a
more advanced text editor. A car, a bucket and a brush symbolize an
application to wash a car.
The Object level. Objects often have an
archetypal form and deviations from that form. You can have a classical
watch or a Swatch. Someone looking for a tool to set the system time
may overlook the Swatch, he will not overlook the classical watch.
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Last Updated ( Friday, 03 June 2005 )
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